“Oh, I love France”: story of a Belgian teacher of French in Oregon
I can’t blame anyone for assuming the French Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) would be from France, but I’m not. I’m from Belgium, “tiny,…
2017 ETA Training Day
How would you describe an average day in the life of a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant? It’s difficult to say. As the 2017-2018 grantees…
Opening of the 2018-2019 Fulbright Belgium, Luxembourg, and Schuman Application Cycle
Brussels, September 15, 2017 The Commission for Educational Exchange between Belgium, Luxembourg, and the U.S. is pleased to announce that the Fulbright award competition…
Being a Cultural Ambassador: The Most Exciting Experience as a Young Leader
On June 28 2017, I was flying to the United States of America for the best experience of my whole life: participating at the…
Visiting the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra in Salt Lake City
In December 2016, I had the unique opportunity to visit the annual Christmas Concert of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square….
Visiting the Martin Luther King Jr. Center in Atlanta, Georgia
Two weeks ago, I chose to spend my first Sunday in the United States visiting the Martin Luther King Jr. Center in Atlanta. Having…
Inter-country Grant to Luxembourg
One of the great privileges of my time as a U.S.-Italy Fulbright Scholar has been the opportunity it has afforded me to share scientific…
An Outstanding Fulbright Specialist Project in Ghent, Belgium
In April 2017, Dr. Karen Shelby, Assistant Professor of Art History at Baruch College, City College of New York, carried out a Fulbright specialist…
A Transformative Experience
Although the 2016-2017 Fulbright has come to an end, my connections to the people and culture of my new home has not. My time…
Remote teaching and outreach lecturing while in a sabbatical
I am now arriving almost at the end of my one-year sabbatical in MIT, generously sponsored by Fulbright. As expected, research was vibrant and…